Counselling Services

Counselling Services

Kadri KorjasEstonian Unemployment Insurance Fund

2. September 2011

21.4.2023 Eesti Töötukassa

Counselling Services Career Services

Career counsellingCareer Information (Career Information Rooms)

Job Clubs Psychological Counselling Debt Counselling Addiction Counselling Social Rehabilitation Mobile Counselling


Career counsellingMostly we provide our clients with individual,

but in some places also group counselling. One session usually lasts 45-60 minutes. One person usually visits counsellor 1-2 times.Career counsellors work in every county.

For registered unemployed people and people with redundancy notice.


Career counsellingCareer counselling is useful when:Client needs to analyse his knowledge, skills and personality characteristics. Client needs to fill-in a personality questionnaire, ability tests or a career inventory (the need for tests is decided during the counselling session).Client needs help to make a plan how to proceed with his job search.


Career Information RoomsThe Purpose of career information rooms is to provide information about different job and study opportunities.Service is open for everybody.Career information specialist can help clients to:

Finish their application documents Find the information they need Apply for a job through job mediation site.

You can use computers with internet access to apply for jobs or look for open vacancies. You can read books and other materials about job seeking relevant issues.


Job Seeker’s WorkshopMain topics:

Labour market situation How and where to look for a job Application documents (CV, cover letter, motivation

letter) Job interview (how to prepare yourself for the interview) How to handle setbacks

For registered unemployed people and for people with redudancy notice.


Job clubs

For those who need more focused help to develop job searching and social skills.

One group of people comes together usually 8- 12 times.

They discuss different job search related topics.


Psychological Counselling

Purpose

To support clients with their psychological problems in case these are interfering persons job search.

For registered unemployed people and people with redudancy notice.


Debt counsellingPurpose

To help a client and to get an overview of his debts and financial responsibilities and solve these.

To find out why did this situation occur. To find solutions how to start taking care of the loans

and payments. Learn about one’s rights and responsibilities. For registered unemployed.


Addiction counselling and social rehabilitation service

PurposeTo help unemployed clients who can not concentrate on

job search due to their addiction problems. Alcohol and drug addiction Gambling problems

In order to take part of that service it is important that client himself is interested in dealing and working with addiction problem and wants to find a job.


Mobile counselling - MOBI

PurposeTo motivate people to find new challenges in life and come back to labour

market.

MOBI goes where: There is limited amount of information available about job search. There are many people unemployed.

Main topics: Job search (what should be done to find a job). Appointments with local employers, learning about enterprising. Counselling (e.g. Career counselling, depth counselling). Information about Töötukassa services. Labour market and laws.


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